Spectral Crossings 27th Mar 7:30pm, WAAPA Music AuditoriumMusic Director: Lindsay VickerySpectral music was developed in France in the 1970s and sought to exteriorise the inner reality of sound, to project its inner dynamics into an acoustic space and time, and to transmit to the public the reality of sound in all its complexity. WAAPA new music ensemble AXIS 21 presents works by, and inspired by, this subtle and ephemeral music.

Apr 21-24 SOUNDSPECTRUM2014.1 Music Director: Lindsay VickeryPerformed by: WAAPA Music students.WAAPA’s composition and music technology students and staff launch into the Spectrum Project Space for days and nights of sound filled fun and adventure! Don’t miss this chance to experience new and experimental acoustic and electronic music performance, installation, audio visual works, DJ artists and world premieres from Aletheia, Certifiable, Ecuatorial 1 and 3, Shock Of The New and others.Spectrum Project Space, ECU Mount Lawley22nd Apr 7:30pm Ecuatorial 1 and MaxMSP 23rd Apr 7:30pm Ecuatorial 3 and Aletheia(May 13 Sound Art at Artifactory)

Apr-24 The Great War 7:30pm, WAAPA Music AuditoriumMusic Director: Lindsay VickeryIn 1914 Europe was plunged into a shockingly brutal and incomprehensible war on an unprecedented industrial scale. Students from WAAPA’s Composition and Music Technology course respond to the events of 1914-18 that had such a profound influence on the future of classical music.

Lindsay & Max Vickery // Sam Gillies & Matt Cole // RPQ @ Bar 459The return of improvised and electro-acoustic music at Bar 459 sees an eclectic selection of duos take to the stage armed with all sorts of electronically-processed instruments, from prepared drum kit to guitar and even a marimba. 7:30-8:00 - Lindsay & Max Vickery: Music technology virtuoso Lindsay Vickery leaves the clarinet at home and takes to processing Max's electric guitar in this heroic father & son duo. 8:20-8:50 - Sam Gillies & Matthew Cole: Sam says farewell to you the only way he knows how before he leaves to go learn things in London by applying his characteristic glitchy, ambient noise processing to Matt Cole's marimba & percussion vibes. 9:10-9:40 - RPQ: The improvised jazz-noise subset of Tangled Thoughts of Leaving follows on from their recent opening for Canberra duo Spartak, closing the night with thunderous drum flourishes and walls of electronic sound.

Sep-26 Minimalism at 50 November 1964 Terry Riley’s In C was premiered, signifying the emergence of a new direction in musical expression: Minimalism. Students from the Composition and Music Technology course have created new works exploring the compositional techniques developed by the Minimalist masters; Riley, La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and their heirs.

3-5 OctoberSpace, Time, and Colour: Colour Society of Australia National Conference 2014, Perth, Western Australia, 3rd-5th of October, 2014 The Grove Community Centre Representing Sound with Colour in Music Notation Sunday 5 October